madu
Afar[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mádu m (feminine moltá)
- male lion
Declension[edit]
Declension of mádu | ||||||||||||||||||
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absolutive | mádu | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | mádu | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | madí | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | madí | |||||||||||||||||
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Hypernyms[edit]
- lubák (“lion”)
References[edit]
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “madu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Balinese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
madu
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *mato, see there for further etymology. Cognates include Finnish mato (“worm”), Votic mato, Ingrian mato, Livvi mado, Ludian mado and Veps mado.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
madu (genitive mao, partitive madu)
- snake
- mürgised maod ― poisonous snakes
- maona looklev järjekord ― a winding queue (like a snake)
- Madu nõelas poissi jalga.
- The snake stung the boy's leg.
- Eestis esinevad madudest rästik ja nastik.
- The most common snakes in Estonia are the viper and the grass snake.
- (figuratively) a mean, sneaky, deceitful person
Usage notes[edit]
Madu is commonly used for larger, poisonous snakes, whereas smaller snakes, that are native to Estonia, such as a viper or a grass snake are referred to as uss.
Declension[edit]
Declension of madu (ÕS type 18/nägu, d-ø gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | madu | maod | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | mao | ||
genitive | madude | ||
partitive | madu | madusid | |
illative | mattu maosse |
madudesse | |
inessive | maos | madudes | |
elative | maost | madudest | |
allative | maole | madudele | |
adessive | maol | madudel | |
ablative | maolt | madudelt | |
translative | maoks | madudeks | |
terminative | maoni | madudeni | |
essive | maona | madudena | |
abessive | maota | madudeta | |
comitative | maoga | madudega |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
- madu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “madu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Indonesian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Malay madu, from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).
Noun[edit]
madu (first-person possessive maduku, second-person possessive madumu, third-person possessive madunya)
- honey
- (figurative) sweet substance.
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Malay madu, from Old Javanese madu, maru (“co-wife, jealous”) (compare Indonesian mendua). Comparable to Chinese 蜜 (mì, “honey, mistress”).
Noun[edit]
madu (first-person possessive maduku, second-person possessive madumu, third-person possessive madunya)
- mistress, the other woman,
- in polygyny relation.
- (figurative) in other type of relation.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “madu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
madu
- Romanization of ꦩꦢꦸ.
Malay[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
madu (Jawi spelling مادو, plural madu-madu, informal 1st possessive maduku, 2nd possessive madumu, 3rd possessive madunya)
Etymology 2[edit]
Unknown, perhaps as semantic loan from Chinese 蜜 (mì, “honey, mistress”).
Noun[edit]
madu (plural madu-madu, informal 1st possessive maduku, 2nd possessive madumu, 3rd possessive madunya)
- mistress or wife in a polygyny relation.
- (figurative) in other type of relation.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Indonesian: madu
References[edit]
- Edi Sedyawati et al. (1994). Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini. Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia. pp. 73–4.
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “مادو madoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 126-7
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “مادو madu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 633
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “madu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 84-5
Further reading[edit]
- “madu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Affixed ro, rwa (“two”) + ma- (“active verb prefix”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
madu
- co-wife (in a polygamous marriage)
Adjective[edit]
madu
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Sundanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
madu
- Romanization of ᮙᮓᮥ
- Afar terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afar lemmas
- Afar nouns
- Afar masculine nouns
- aa:Male animals
- aa:Panthers
- Balinese non-lemma forms
- Balinese romanizations
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Estonian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑdu
- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑdu/2 syllables
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian terms with usage examples
- Estonian nägu-type nominals
- et:People
- et:Snakes
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian terms inherited from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Malay
- Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Requests for plural forms in Indonesian entries
- Indonesian terms derived from Old Javanese
- Javanese non-lemma forms
- Javanese romanizations
- Malay terms derived from Sanskrit
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay terms with unknown etymologies
- Malay semantic loans from Chinese
- Malay terms derived from Chinese
- Old Javanese terms prefixed with ma-
- Old Javanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Old Javanese/du
- Rhymes:Old Javanese/du/2 syllables
- Old Javanese terms with homophones
- Rhymes:Malay/u
- Rhymes:Malay/u/2 syllables
- Old Javanese lemmas
- Old Javanese nouns
- Old Javanese adjectives
- Sundanese non-lemma forms
- Sundanese romanizations